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America’s Debt Problem (Dec 2015)

How Private Debt Is Holding Back Growth and Hurting the Middle Class

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America’s Debt Problem: How Private Debt is Holding Back Growth and Hurting the Middle Class” by Joshua Freedman and Sherle R. Schwenninger was presented at the World Economic Roundtable at New America in December 2015. 

It is an updated version of a report originally published by New America’s Economic Growth Program in June 2014.

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Sherle R. Schwenninger

Former Director, Economic Growth Program and American Strategy Program

Joshua Freedman

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America’s Debt Problem (Dec 2015)